Definition of "blockage" []

• The act of obstructing. (noun)
• An obstruction. (noun)

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• "The blockage is an emergent property of the crowd of people as a whole, and only occurs when the crowd grows to a certain size."
• "Investment banks have criticized the new norms, which also is called blockage policy."
• "Third, suppose an ISP provider blocks some content and you believe that blockage is not valid."